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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[July, 1915. 



Rhynchoslylis ccelestis. 



districts, where the land is often under water 

 for a considerable time in the rainy season, 

 when the temperature is very high. The 

 plants grow with marvellous rapidity, emitting 

 from among the leaves new roots in 

 abundance, which grow with great vigour and 

 freedom, apparently absorbing the moisture of 

 the air to great advantage. After a time the 

 rain suddenly ceases, and then sets in a 

 scorching, dry heat, often attended by forest 

 fires, in which epiphytic plants suffer first and 

 most severely. These fires often extend for 

 long distances, and destroy multitudes of 

 noble trees and lovely plants, which a few- 

 short hours previously were laden with 

 handsome foliage and beautiful blossoms." 



Odontioda Princess Mary. — This 

 beautiful hybrid, one of the gems in the 

 collection of Mr. A. J. Oakshott, of Merle 

 Dene, Bidston, Cheshire, received a First-class 

 Certificate when exhibited at the Manchester 

 Orchid Society, May 6th, 1915. The repro- 

 duced photograph shows the spike as it then 

 appeared, the largest flower being fully 

 4 inches across. The colour is rich crimson- 

 red, with the labellum a little lighter and 

 carrying a yellowish crest. Mr. C. Findlow, 

 who is in charge of this collection, kindly 

 sends a painting of a single bloom in order to 

 show the intensity of the colour, but he is 

 unable to state the parentage, for it belongs 

 to those of unrecorded origin. 



